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LAND ECONOMICS
Volume 84, Issue 4, Pages 551-572Publisher
UNIV WISCONSIN PRESS
DOI: 10.3368/le.84.4.551
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The hedonic method is widely used to infer the value of environmental amenities that are bundled with real property. The interpretation Of hedonic prices as marginal values requires that households are fully informed Yet, there is evidence that buyers are often less informed than sellers. A graphical illustration in this study suggests that asymmetric information between buyers and sellers can affect hedonic prices. This intuition is confirmed by a quasi-random experiment that exploits spatial and information discontinuities stemming from a seller disclosure for flood zones. Results suggest a 4% decline in housing prices in flood zones after disclosures commenced.
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